Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1958
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Recovery of wheat levy. |
15.—(1) Every sum payable by a wheat purchaser to the Board or to the Minister for transmission to the Board for or on account of wheat levy shall be a simple contract debt due by such purchaser to the Board and shall be recoverable accordingly by the Board from such purchaser in any Court of competent jurisdiction. | |
(2) In any legal proceedings by the Board against a wheat purchaser for any money claimed to be due by such purchaser to the Board in respect of wheat levy— | ||
(a) a certificate under the seal of the Board certifying that such purchaser was liable under this Act to pay wheat levy of a specified amount and that a specified sum is due and unpaid by such purchaser on foot of wheat levy, or | ||
(b) where the wheat levy is payable in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 2 of this Act, a certificate under the official seal of the Minister certifying that such purchaser was liable under this Act to pay wheat levy of a specified amount and that a specified sum is due and unpaid by such purchaser on foot of wheat levy, together with a certificate under the seal of the Board certifying that such sum has not been paid by such purchaser to the Board, | ||
shall be prima facie evidence as to the liability for and amount of wheat levy and as to the sum which is due and unpaid by such purchaser in respect thereof. |